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Reticulate/Y-loach: Botia lohachata (Chaudhuri, 1912)

The Y-loach/Reticulate loach

Reticulate loach: Botia lohachata

Systematic posotion:

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Order: Cypriniformes (Carps)
Family: Cobitidae (carp and minnows)
Genus: Botia
Species: B. lohachata

Common names: Bou, Rani, Beti (Bangladesh); Reticulate loach (Fishbase); Lohachat (India).

Distribution: Indus river system (Pakistan); Ganga drainage (India); Nepal (Talwar and Jhingran, 1991) and Bangladesh.

Conservation status: Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN, …read more

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Mozambique Tilapia: Oreochromis mossambicus

Mozambique Tilapia: Oreochromis mossambicus

Mozambique Tilapia: Oreochromis mossambicus

Synonyms:

Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus: Peters, 1852.

Tilapia mossambica: Jones and Sarojini, 1952.

Oreochromis mossambica: Trewavas, 1983.

 

Common name: Mozambique Tilapia (English name).

Local name: Tilapia.

 

Taxonomic position:

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Osteihthyes

Order: Perciformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Oreochromis

Species: O. Mossambicus

 

Morphological description:

Elongated body is fairly compressed and deep. Upper profile is more convex than …read more

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Indian glassy fish: Chanda ranga

Indian glassy fish: Chanda ranga

Indian glassy fish: Chanda ranga

  

Synonyms:

Ambassis ranga: Day, 1878; Day, 1889; Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937; Ahmad, N. 194; Bhuiyan, 1964.

Chanda ranga: Hamilton, 1822; Menon, 1974.

Chanda lala: Hamilton, 1822.

 

Common name: Indian glassy fish (English name).

Bangla name: Lal chanda, Ranga chanda.     

 

Taxonomic position:

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Osteichthyes

Order: Perciformes

Family: Centropomidae

Genus: Chanda

Species: C. ranga

 

Morphological description:

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Elongate glass-perchlet: Chanda nama

 

Elongate glass-perchlet: <em>Chanda nama</em>

Elongate glass-perchlet: Chanda nama

 

 

Synonyms:

Chanda nama: Hamilton, 1822; Rahman, 1974; Bhuiyan, 1964.

Ambasssis nama: Day, 1878; Day, 1889; Ahmad, N. 1943; Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937.

 

Common name: Elongate glass-perchlet (English name).

Bangla name: Chanda, Nama chanda.           

 

Taxonomic position:

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Osteichthyes

Order: Perciformes

Family: Centropomidae

Genus: Chanda

Species: C. nama

 

Morphological description:

Body is strongly compressed …read more

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Common pony fish: Leiognathus equulus

Common pony fish: Leiognathus equulus

Common pony fish: Leiognathus equulus

 

Synonyms:

Equula edentula: Day, 1878; Day, 1889.

Scomber equula  Forskal, 1775.

Leiognathus equulus: Weber and de Beaufort, 1931; Munro, 1955.

 

Common name: Common pony fish (English).

Bangla name:  Tak chanda, Tak mach, Taka chanda.  

 

Taxonomic position:

Phylum: Chordara

Class: Osteichthyes

Order: Perciformes

Family: Leiognathidae

Genus: Leiognathus

Species: L. equulus

 

Morphological description:

Body is deeply compressed. …read more